Worksheet 88 · Skill 1

Compass conversions

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You are steering 025° by the steering compass. What is the true course?
Give whole degrees (000 to 359). This one must be exact.

True course: ________ °T
The course laid off on the chart is 099°T. What do you steer by the steering compass?
Give whole degrees (000 to 359). This one must be exact.

Compass course: ________ °C
A bearing on the chart is 204°T. What is it magnetic (for a hand-bearing compass, which is taken to have no deviation)?
Give whole degrees (000 to 359). This one must be exact.

Magnetic bearing: ________ °M
You are steering 271° by the steering compass. What is the true course?
Give whole degrees (000 to 359). This one must be exact.

True course: ________ °T
The steering compass reads 262°C. What is the magnetic heading?
Give whole degrees (000 to 359). This one must be exact.

Magnetic heading: ________ °M
A bearing on the chart is 293°T. What is it magnetic (for a hand-bearing compass, which is taken to have no deviation)?
Give whole degrees (000 to 359). This one must be exact.

Magnetic bearing: ________ °M
The course laid off on the chart is 090°T. What do you steer by the steering compass?
Give whole degrees (000 to 359). This one must be exact.

Compass course: ________ °C
You are steering 081° by the steering compass. What is the true course?
Give whole degrees (000 to 359). This one must be exact.

True course: ________ °T

Answer key

No.	Answers	Problem
1	True course: 014 °T	No. 88001 (worked solution)
2	Compass course: 079 °C	No. 88002 (worked solution)
3	Magnetic bearing: 215 °M	No. 88003 (worked solution)
4	True course: 267 °T	No. 88004 (worked solution)
5	Magnetic heading: 264 °M	No. 88005 (worked solution)
6	Magnetic bearing: 285 °M	No. 88006 (worked solution)
7	Compass course: 088 °C	No. 88007 (worked solution)
8	True course: 071 °T	No. 88008 (worked solution)